NIH Clinical Center Senior Staff

Christine Grady, MSN, PhD

Biosketch

Dr. Christine Grady is chief of the Clinical Center's Department of Bioethics. Her research focuses on research subject recruitment, incentives, vulnerability, and international research ethics. Dr. Grady has written widely in books and scholarly journals on topics in bioethics, HIV disease, and nursing.

Dr. Grady received a bachelor's degree in nursing and biology from Georgetown University, a master's degree in community health nursing from Boston College, and a doctoral degree in philosophy and bioethics from Georgetown University.

She is currently a member of President Obama's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. She is a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and was elected as a fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Hastings Center. She is a member of an institutional review board for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.

She has participated in numerous intergovernmental task forces and is the recipient of several awards, including the NIH Clinical Center Director's Award in 2009, NIH Director's Award in 2007 and 1999 and the Assistant Secretary of Health Award in 1988.

She serves on three editorial boards of professional journals in bioethics and nursing; she has lectured widely at national and international conferences, professional societies, universities, and healthcare institutions on ethical issues in clinical research and clinical care. She was formerly assistant director for clinical science at the National Institute of Nursing Research.

Abbott L, Grady C. A systematic review of the empirical literature evaluating IRBs: What we know and what we still need to learn; Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2011, 6(1), 3-20

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